Linesmen donate to assist fire devastated home owners

Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi is
today being presented with a $5000 donation from local
business, West Coast Energy PTY Ltd, to help families
devastated by the Perth Hill fires last month.

Workers
from the Canning Vale-based electrical contracting firm
raised $5000 for the cause after workers experienced
first-hand the damage from the fires. More than 50 homes
were lost when fire swept through the area.

Many of the
workers, who themselves are home owners and family men, were
contracted by Western Power to help restore power after the
fires. The damage they witnessed had a lasting impact so
they vowed to help out on a personal level.

West
Coast Energy Chief Executive Sean Horgan said it is pleasing
to help the community.

“Our line mechanics were working
with Western Power crews on power restoration following the
fires and saw first-hand the devastation, so their gesture
is a very genuine one,” said Mr Horgan.

“They really
wanted to help out and although this is a very sad
situation, it’s times like these that we’re very proud
to have great staff working for us.

“Seeing everyone
working together as one team is great and I’d like to
thank our staff for the dedication in working with Western
Power to replace 150 power poles and new powerlines in only
three days – but also in their fundraising efforts.”

Western Power and its staff previously made a donation to
the Perth Lord Mayor’s Appeal.

ENDS

AboutWest
Coast Energy PTY Ltd is a leader in the electrical services
sector – distribution, transmission and more. As a
contractor of choice for some of Australia’s largest
electricity network owners, West Coast Energy has 100 staff
in Perth and 50 in Melbourne who pride themselves on safe
service delivery.

Established in 2007, West Coast
Energy is part of the well-established and highly respected
Northpower Group which has a rapidly expanding resource pool
of more than 1000 employees in Perth, Melbourne, New Zealand
and the Pacific
Islands.

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